page_title: Chail Military School
section_title: Sports and physical education
hierarchical_section_title: Chail Military School / Sports and physical education
caption_attribution_description: English: Chail cricket ground aerial view
context_page_description: Chail Military School is a residential school in Himachal Pradesh, India, established after the First World War in 1922 with a donation of ₹250,000 from King George V’s patriotic fund. The foundation stone of the school was laid by King George V in February 1922. The school started functioning at Jalandhar Cantonment in 1925. Cadets are known as Georgians after their founder father.
  The school is located amidst pine and deodar forests in the heart of the 110 km² Chail Sanctuary at an altitude of 2144 meters. The world's highest cricket ground is located in Chail and is used as a training and playground for cadets.
context_section_description: The school is said to have the world's highest cricket ground (at 7500 ft) where the morning PT, evening sports and sporting events are held.
  Cadets undergo compulsory physical training in the morning and play sports in the evening. The school has facilities for cricket, hockey, basketball, volleyball, athletics, cross-country, boxing, cycling, hiking and mountaineering.  The school is a member of the Indian Public Schools' Conference (IPSC) and participates in state as well as national level sports competitions. In 2007, cadets won six gold, seven silver and two bronze in the CBSE cluster XIII Athletics meet held at Chandigarh. The Inter Military Schools Pentagular meet is an annual sports and CCA event where all five military schools (and previously Rashtriya Indian Military College Dehradun) compete in several field. The school has won many medals in the annual Pentangular meets.
caption: Cricket ground
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